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Everything Everywhere To Refinance
Everything Everywhere is preparing to pay back £875m to parents Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom
HMRC Nets £126m Savings From Online Filing
The tax office has done well with its online filing roll-out but faces challenges on customer services
AMD Launches 16-Core Opterons For Cloud
AMD has introduced the first 16-core x86 processors. HP is using them for databases, HPC and the cloud
O2 Claims 4G First With Plan For 2012 London Trials
O2 is setting up a 40 square kilometre LTE test network in the capital next year
Are You Operating A Legal Cloud?
Cloud computing did not exist when data protection regulations came in. John Roberts of Redstone explains how to keep within the law
Europe Likely To Miss Broadband Targets
Europe might not get there, but the UK seems strangely complacent about broadband delivery before 2015
World’s First Business Computer, LEO, Turns 60
The world's business computer from the food maker JD Lyons, dubbed LEO, is celebrating its 60th birthday
NGD Opens New Hall At Container Based Data Centre
A 140,000 square foot data hall opens at a sustainable container-based data centre in South Wales
Cook Plus Ive Is Jobs-like Pairing, Says Biographer
Apple CEO Tim Cook and chief designer Jonathan Ive can keep Apple going, says Walter Isaacson
Salesforce Takes On Microsoft With Do.com
Salesforce has released a Heroku-based project management app using Gmail and Google Docs
Apple iPhone 4S Battery-Life Bug Patched In iOS 5
Apple has fixed its mobile device battery life problem, which mainly hit the iPhone 4S, with an iOS 5 update
A Guide to Successfully Adopting the Cloud for IT Managers
Virtualisation & Cloud Computing Executive Summit UK
Solaris 11 Released As Cloud Virtualisation OS
The first Solaris release under Oracle is tuned for Sparc chips and Oracle applications but targets the cloud
Brits Find Big Brands On Social Networks A Turn-Off
Two-thirds of British social network users do not wish to engage with "social" businesses, a survey says
Amazon, Oracle, MS Awaiting webOS Decision?
HP is making a final decision about the webOS garage sale and this could attract several buyers, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Cloud And Virtualisation Packed Into Fedora 16
Fedora 16 has a host of snazzy cloud and virtualisation tools to make it easier to manage virtual systems
Virgin Media Opens Superfast ‘Innovation Lab’
Virgin Media is creating an innovation lab to develop new products and services for superfast broadband
Ofcom Boss Queries Need For Superfast Broadband
Ofcom's boss questioned the need for superfast broadband in a speech about the state of the UK's network
Efficient Cogeneration Power For New Facebook HQ
Facebook is ensuring its new headquarters in California is a fit place for sustainable living
Red Gate To Send Lucky Database Admin Into Orbit
A competition exclusively for DBAs will send one into space - but Red Gate promises to bring them back
Rackspace Now Supporting On-Site Private Clouds
Rackspace has expanded its support to manage OpenStack private clouds in customers' data centres
Apple’s iCloud Will Attract New Developers
The launch of the iPhone App Store created a rush to build third-party services. J Gerry Purdy thinks iCloud may have the same effect
Broader Campus Networking Ability From Brocade
Brocade is unveiling campus networking products to undercut and outperform Cisco and others
Vidyo Takes Soft Approach To Cloud Conferencing
The Virtualized VidyoRouter will take video conferencing to public, private and hybrid cloud environments
HP May Be Settling Its WebOS Indecision
Hewlett-Packard executives are meeting to decide the fate of its webOS division, according to reports
Fujitsu Preps 23.2 Petaflops Supercomputer Launch
Fujitsu is commercially entering the supercomputer sector with the launch of a 23.3 petaflops machine
Tech City Firms Get Intel Supercomputer
Intel will offer free supercomputing access to startups in London's Silicon Roundabout
Taming Consumer Devices In Business
As consumerisation blurs the lines of personal and professional, Comtact’s Dominic List looks at ways to cope